taylamell
Joined Jul 2014
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The show is just OKAY. It's not "garbage," it's not "the best thing ever," it is just okay, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
At times (episode 4) it feels like the writers wanted to bash the audience over the head with the social message, but it's nothing worth all of the vitriol and 1-star ratings I'm seeing.
On the flipside, the comedy doesn't land for me almost at all. The character dynamics (i.e.: getting to see Jen's interactions with her father) are charming and really hook me, but the show fails to make me laugh. The jokes are just too telegraphed before they're even attempted.
Overall, this show is a 5.5/10 for me. Nothing to hate, nothing to be overly joyed about, but it's charming even if it's not firing on all cylinders.
At times (episode 4) it feels like the writers wanted to bash the audience over the head with the social message, but it's nothing worth all of the vitriol and 1-star ratings I'm seeing.
On the flipside, the comedy doesn't land for me almost at all. The character dynamics (i.e.: getting to see Jen's interactions with her father) are charming and really hook me, but the show fails to make me laugh. The jokes are just too telegraphed before they're even attempted.
Overall, this show is a 5.5/10 for me. Nothing to hate, nothing to be overly joyed about, but it's charming even if it's not firing on all cylinders.
This show is truly just okay. The flashback portion of the story was, in my opinion, the best and more interesting part of the season. Yes, there's convolution and spouts of teen drama, but none of it is especially egregious given the subject matter. The teen drama especially, is not on the level of CW cringe (at least in my opinion).
Where the show drops the ball for me is the present day portion of the story. The actress playing present day Jade is less compelling than her younger counterpart, and the story there is much less compelling as well.
At the very least, the present day stuff should've been saved for a season 2, or just a 2nd half of this first season (with the flashback story filling the first half).
Where the show drops the ball for me is the present day portion of the story. The actress playing present day Jade is less compelling than her younger counterpart, and the story there is much less compelling as well.
At the very least, the present day stuff should've been saved for a season 2, or just a 2nd half of this first season (with the flashback story filling the first half).
I went into this laughing at the premise, and came out of it actually sort of enjoying it. This was definitely way better than it had any right to be.